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The Triple Alliance War, The Dark History of the South (La Guerra de la Triple Alianza, La Oscura Historia del Sur)

Learn Spanish with Stories - October 31, 2023 07:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★ - 107 ratings
Have you ever wondered why Paraguay isn’t really a big, star destination in South America? In fact, it’s actually one of the least talked about locations in all of Latin America despite its size and location. Well, this might have a lot to do with the fact that it went through a truly terrib...

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Kiki Camarena, A Heavy Price to Pay (Kiki Camarena, Un Gran Precio a Pagar)

Learn Spanish with Stories - October 24, 2023 07:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★ - 107 ratings
Many of the best heroic stories end in tragedy. Such is the case of Kiki Camarena, the ace DEA agent with a magnificent sixth sense and an ability to sniff out the bad guys unlike any other. Although his career was centered on U.S. law enforcement, this Mexican-born special agent was transfe...

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Gustavo Dudamel, The Genius Behind the Music (Gustavo Dudamel, El Genio Detrás de la Música)

Learn Spanish with Stories - October 17, 2023 07:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★ - 107 ratings
Some people are born different. Talented, special, prodigies… whatever you want to call them, they are able to do things others could only dream of. Gustavo Dudamel is one such man – from a young age, he demonstrated an immense ability in the world of music. This music conductor not only bec...

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Nevado del Ruiz Volcano, The Unforgettable Armero Tragedy (Volcán Nevado del Ruiz, La Inolvidable Tragedia de Armero)

Learn Spanish with Stories - October 10, 2023 07:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★ - 107 ratings
In 1985, Colombia was going through one of its most terrible periods in all its history. On one side, Pablo Escobar was destabilizing the nation with his drug trade and violence, and the Cali Cartel was growing in power. On the other, only two years before, a terrible earthquake had destroyed th...

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Spanish in Asia, Hispanic Influence in the Philippines (Español en Asia, Influencia Hispana en Filipinas)

Learn Spanish with Stories - October 03, 2023 07:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★ - 107 ratings
Welcome back to the Learn Spanish with Stories podcast by Lingo Mastery! We’ve arrived once more, this time with Season 3, to bring you the best in Spanish learning. This time, we want to travel across the world, away from Latin America… all the way to the Philippines, where a very interesti...

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Lugares Imperdibles de América Latina, Un Viaje Inolvidable (Must-See Places in Latin America, An Unforgettable Journey)

Learn Spanish with Stories - June 06, 2023 07:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★ - 107 ratings
We’ve reached the Season Finale of another wonderful season, and we want to thank you for your support all throughout the year, in which we became one of the biggest Spanish learning podcasts and reached thousands more than we ever had. And, to end Season 2, we want to take you on a journey like...

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The Aztec Empire, The Rise and Fall of a Giant (Imperio Azteca, el Ascenso y la Caída de un Gigante)

Learn Spanish with Stories - May 30, 2023 07:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★ - 107 ratings
When you think of the most impressive empires in the world, you cannot avoid thinking of the Aztec Empire, the powerful Mesoamerican civilization that conquered much of modern-day Mexico and was comprised of several million people. This is because, for a civilization that ruled over 500 years ag...

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Shining Path, Abimael's Army (Sendero Luminoso, El Ejército de Abimael)

Learn Spanish with Stories - May 23, 2023 07:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★ - 107 ratings
In the history of Latin America, political extremes have caused great pain and suffering, especially to innocents throughout the rural areas of Central and South America. Communism has not been an exception to this rule. And in Peru, during the 70s, 80s and 90s, one particular Communist party ma...

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Nayib Bukele, Tyrant or Savior? (Nayib Bukele, ¿Tirano o Salvador?)

Learn Spanish with Stories - May 16, 2023 07:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★ - 107 ratings
Nayib Armando Bukele Ortez. You may love him, hate him, or wonder who we’re even talking about – but the truth is that Nayib Bukele has changed the direction of El Salvador’s history forever, simply by turning it from the world’s most dangerous nation to one of its safest, practically overnight....

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Operation Just Cause, The Last Invasion of Latin America (Operación Causa Justa, La Última Invasión a Latinoamérica)

Learn Spanish with Stories - May 09, 2023 07:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★ - 107 ratings
Did you know Panama has no army? Probably not, but it wasn’t an arbitrary or random decision. You see, it was all due to one man: a dictator, a tyrant, an enemy of the United States of America. Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno, who grew from low-ranking soldier in the Panamanian Army to the most po...

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The Most Bizarre Places in Latin America (Lugares Más Bizarros de América Latina)

Learn Spanish with Stories - May 02, 2023 07:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★ - 107 ratings
So, by you now you know your Latin American beaches, your mountains and waterfalls - of which there are many, so congrats for that – but you probably haven’t yet heard of the lesser-known “bizarre” or even “haunted” places in Latin America. But what makes a place bizarre? Any number of things, s...

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Pablo Escobar, "Plata o Plomo" (Pablo Escobar, Plata o Plomo)

Learn Spanish with Stories - April 25, 2023 07:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★ - 107 ratings
While today we may recognize Medellín as a beautiful city that is not only welcoming of tourists and digital nomads but also a safe place to live, it was not this way just a few decades ago… You see, in the 1980s and early 1990s, a wanted criminal known Pablo Escobar had made this city – as well...

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O Rei Pelé: The Best Football Player in History? (O Rei Pelé, ¿El Mejor Futbolista de la Historia?)

Learn Spanish with Stories - April 18, 2023 07:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★ - 107 ratings
Diego Maradona. Lionel Messi. Cristiano Ronaldo. They have all been the greatest of their times at some point… but there is a player who is even greater than these footballing giants. The winner of 7 Ballons d’Or (you’ll understand in a minute), 3 World Cup trophies (sorry Cristiano), Player of ...

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Frida Kahlo, A… Feminist Icon? (Frida Kahlo, Un Ícono… ¿Feminista?)

Learn Spanish with Stories - April 11, 2023 07:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★ - 107 ratings
Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo Calderón. You may know her simply as Frida Kahlo… An artist with a tragic past. A woman who knew suffering and sadness. A wonderful warrior who fought like no other, both against the societal reality of her time, as well as the difficulties of disability and chronic ...

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Antarctic Expedition, What’s Beyond Southern South America? (Expedición Antártica, ¿Qué Hay al Sur de Suramérica?)

Learn Spanish with Stories - April 04, 2023 07:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★ - 107 ratings
South America is fascinating and has some incredibly remote areas, but what if you want to go even more south and even more remote? Well, good news for you, as you would find yourself in Antarctica, the land of the penguins and sea lions, the place where the coldest temperature in history has ev...

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What If...? Alternate Latin American History (¿Qué Pasaría Si...? Historia Latinoamericana Alterna)

Learn Spanish with Stories - March 28, 2023 07:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★ - 107 ratings
This is it. The episode you’ve been waiting for… the long-awaited What If? episode, in which we travel through realities and find out what could have happened in Latin American history. Join Anthony and Li as they make use of a time machine to move across realities and witness the greatest momen...

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Latin Americans Around the World, Debunking Myths (Latinoamericanos por el Mundo, Desmintiendo Mitos)

Learn Spanish with Stories - March 21, 2023 07:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★ - 107 ratings
Over time, more and more Latin Americans have left their nations and traveled across the world – sometimes out of necessity, other times out of the desire to triumph in a nation that offers them opportunities. However, this has sometimes brought conflict with the locals, who have disregarded the...

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Hurricane Maria, Devastation in the Caribbean (Huracán María, Devastación en el Caribe)

Learn Spanish with Stories - March 14, 2023 07:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★ - 107 ratings
In September 2017, life changed forever for Puerto Ricans and other inhabitants of the Caribbean. With an estimated cost in damages of over $91 billion dollars and causing the death of over 3,000 people, Hurricane Maria was a disaster that will never be forgotten. Whether affected directly t...

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Latin American Joy, Most Important Celebrations (Alegría Latinoamericana, Celebraciones Más Importantes)

Learn Spanish with Stories - March 07, 2023 08:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★ - 107 ratings
You know the Brazilian Carnival, but have you heard how incredible all of the other famous parties and celebrations across South America can be? They get really wild – there is nobody in the world that can party like Latin Americans, after all. But where to find the best ones? And we don't just ...

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Shakira, the Hips That Don't Lie (Shakira, Las Caderas que no Mienten)

Learn Spanish with Stories - February 28, 2023 08:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★ - 107 ratings
Let’s talk about Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll – better known as Shakira –but also known as the world’s top Latin American singer, an extremely successful businesswoman, and a dancing and songwriting icon. She is one of Latin America’s great figures and has become the face for Latin music, impre...

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Guerrilla vs. Paramilitary - The Armed Conflict in Colombia (Guerrilla vs. Paramilitares - Conflicto Armado en Colombia)

Learn Spanish with Stories - February 21, 2023 08:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★ - 107 ratings
Today, Colombia is one of the most wonderful tourist destinations for those looking to escape for a while to South America, and is considered a safer option than several other nations in Latin America… but a few decades ago, this was not the case. With kidnapping, bombing and assassinations taki...

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Simón Bolívar, The Liberator (Simón Bolívar, El Libertador)

Learn Spanish with Stories - February 14, 2023 08:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★ - 107 ratings
There is a famous historic figure who eclipses most others who have ever existed in Latin America, especially South America. His glorious cause led to the liberation of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru and Venezuela, with this latter nation being the country where he was born. We’re talk...

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The Cayman Islands, A Caribbean Tax Haven (Islas Caimán, El Paraíso Fiscal Caribeño)

Learn Spanish with Stories - February 07, 2023 08:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★ - 107 ratings
Shakira, Lionel Messi, Elton John… What do these and other high-profile celebrities have in common? That they have all been in the news lately is one feature they share, of course, but the other is the fact that they’ve all recently been caught evading taxes. But what is tax evasion, and what do...

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Latin America 2.0, The Digital Nomad's Paradise (Latinoamérica 2.0, El Paraíso de los Nómadas Digitales)

Learn Spanish with Stories - January 31, 2023 08:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★ - 107 ratings
Digital nomads - you may have heard of them. One of the coolest trends in the latest decade(s), we're talking about those freelancers, remote workers and entrepreneurs who travel the world while making money online, be it from long-term employment, freelance gigs, or their own businesses. An ama...

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Martinique in 1902, A Deadly River of Lava (Martinica en 1902, Un Río Mortal de Lava)

Learn Spanish with Stories - January 24, 2023 08:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★ - 107 ratings
Have you ever witnessed a volcano eruption? It is one of the most terrifying forces of nature – pillars of thick, black smoke usually accompanied by sudden flashes of lightning; followed by the flowing rivers of lava pouring down its flanks… Now, imagine you were caught just several kilometers a...

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The Darién Jungle, Migration through Hell (La Selva del Darién, Migración a través del Infierno)

Learn Spanish with Stories - January 17, 2023 08:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★ - 107 ratings
Every year, thousands of people – from Latin America and beyond – are losing their lives in hopes of accomplishing a dream: the American Dream. But how? Known as the Darien Gap, this hostile jungle located between Colombia and Panama has borne witness to some of the most horrific stories ever to...

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Lionel Messi, the Flea Who Made History (Lionel Messi, la Pulga que Hizo Historia)

Learn Spanish with Stories - January 10, 2023 08:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★ - 107 ratings
Who is the best football (soccer) player in the world? You know the answer to this question: it’s Lionel Messi. For some, he’s even considered the best player in history. But one thing’s for sure – he’s a phenomenal talent in the world of sports. A boy who turned the misfortune of a growth defic...

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Mexican Cession – Result of the American War (Cesión Mexicana, Resultado de la Guerra Norteamericana)

Learn Spanish with Stories - January 03, 2023 08:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★ - 107 ratings
Despite the wars in the Middle East and Europe that have occurred in the past decades, Latin America has been a relatively conflict-free region in modern times… but what if you go back further? Centuries ago, Latin America was a perpetual war zone, with soldiers fighting endlessly for scraps of ...

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Human Trafficking, The Darker Side of Latin America (Tráfico Humano, El Lado Más Oscuro de Latinoamérica)

Learn Spanish with Stories - December 27, 2022 08:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★ - 107 ratings
The beautiful region of Latin America has a darker side that not everyone is aware of, but certainly one that must be talked about. We are talking about the human trafficking and modern slavery that continue to affect the region and ruin the lives of men, women and children who are typically jus...

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The Bermuda Triangle, An Unsolved Mystery? (El Triángulo de las Bermudas, ¿Un Misterio Sin Resolver?)

Learn Spanish with Stories - December 20, 2022 08:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★ - 107 ratings
On December 5, 1945, five General Motors TBM Avenger torpedo bombers disappeared from the face of the Earth during a training flight that took off from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. All 14 airmen were lost, never to be heard of again. A rescue plane with 13 crew members was sent to find them. It, to...

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